Miami Marlins: Marisnick out 4 weeks with broken hand

March 11, 2013|By Craig Davis, Sun Sentinel

JUPITER — Jake Marisnick, the Miami Marlins’ highly regarded outfield prospect, has a broken hand and will miss about four weeks.

Marisnick was hit on the left hand Wednesdsay by the Cardinals’ Trevor Rosenthal. X-rays after the game were negative. But the hand continued to bother him, and a subsequent X-ray revealed the fracture, Marlins manager Mike Redmond said Monday.

“Sometimes those things don’t show up right away. It just wasn’t progressing, wasn’t getting better. They decided to do another X-ay and found a little break,” Redmond said.

Marisnick, obtained in the controversial blockbuster trade with Toronto in November, is the Marlins’ No. 3 prospect. He was recently ranked as the 64th-best prospect in baseball by Baseball America.

He is slated to start the season at Double-A Jacksonville as soon as he recovers from the injury.

Redmond said Marisnick likely miss the first two weeks of the season.

“Disappointed. For a young kid, you don’t ever want that to happen,” Redmond said. “He’ll go down and get himself healed up and get ready for the season.”